Alfred Hitchock’s own favorite movie was the 1943 classic, Shadow of a Doubt. It’s the story of a man who is suspected of being the Merry Widower. The man is suspected of marrying women, then killing them for their money. Apparently, the executives at Wal-Mart took it a step further, but without having to kill [...]
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Insurance
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According to an article presented by PhysOrg, isradipine is the first promising major advancement in the treatment for Parkinson’s disease in 30 years.
For the past 3 decades, Parkinson’s has been treated principally with L-DOPA, which is used because it converts into dopamine. Studies of Parkinson’s patients have shown that they have insufficient dopamine, which is [...]
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Parkinson
Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS) responds to the Northwestern University report of isradipine as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Director of Research and Development for Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS), Dr. Kieran Breen, says Parkinson’s is caused by the loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells. If this process can be reversed the symptoms of Parkinson’s would also be [...]
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Parkinson
Rush University Medical Center’s, Rush Memory and Aging Project, reports in the online edition of Neurology, that often older adults who read newspapers, play chess, or engage in other mental stimulating activity reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. They also found visiting a library or attending a play reduces risk of mild cognitive impairment
The [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia
by Joe Posner
Like ’60s TV, movies in that era were also a reflection of turbulent, sometimes confusing times. When it came to the depiction of the disabled in 1960s movies, it was definitely a good news, bad news situation.
The bad news was represented by “Dr. No,” the first James Bond movie, released in 1962. Directed [...]
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Film
Ayurveda is an ancient approach to well being through diet, exercise, and mind. Although few in the west are familiar with Ayurveda it has been a major movement for thousands of years in India.
Experts in Ayurveda see diet as the cornerstone for managing fibromyalgia. They claim fibromyalgia patients are under increased oxidative stress and there [...]
International Association for the Study of Pain, reports in its publication, Pain: Clinical Updates, that despite Ketamine being used in large doses for the past 4 decades as a general anesthesia little is known about its effectiveness for pain management in low dosages.
There is evidence that low dosages of Ketamine is useful for pathological pain [...]
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Chronic Pain
Sandra H. Johnson, JD, offers her viewpoint in her article, Legal and Ethical Perspectives on Pain Management, published in the International Anesthesia Research Society, July 2007.
A point that Johnson makes is that pain, without a physical injury, can legally be an injury. The problem is when health care professionals neglect pain patients for fear of [...]
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Chronic Pain
Scott M. Fishman, MD, editorial in the International Anesthesia Research Society, July 2007, argues that pain management is neither an absolute science nor risk free. At one extreme is the clinician who avoids pain treatment completely, which has brought criminal charges of abuse for under-treating a patient.
The opposite extreme are federal regulations that blur the [...]
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Chronic Pain
An article in the International Anesthesia Research Society, July 2007, surveys the attitudes of pain management worldwide. The 3 main areas examined are the medical, ethical, and legal trends of pain management and its adverse physical and psychological effects of untreated pain.
The article considers the main reasons for poor pain management are cultural, societal, religious, [...]
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Chronic Pain
